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She won the overall skiing world cup three times and eleven world cups in slalom and giant slalom. She also won 55 world cup races, five medals at olympic games, and six medals at skiing world championships.
During the 1988/89 season she won 14 world cup races. Nobody had ever achieved this before (the Swede Ingemar Stenmark once won 13 races). This record has not been beaten so far.
In april 1995, after eleven successful seasons, she announced her retirement. Today she runs a ski and snowboard school in her home village of Elm as well as a sport equipment shop in Glarus.
Winner of overall world cup: 1989, 1994, 1995
Winner of giant slalom world cup: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995
Winner of slalom world cup: 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
55 wins in world cup races (20 giant slalom, 34 slalom, 1 combination)